"grej" meaning in Swedish

See grej in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡrɛj/ Audio: Sv-grej.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛj Etymology: From Old Norse greiða. Cf Danish grej, Norwegian Bokmål greie, Norwegian Nynorsk greie. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|greiða}} Old Norse greiða, {{cog|da|grej}} Danish grej, {{cog|nb|greie}} Norwegian Bokmål greie, {{cog|nn|greie}} Norwegian Nynorsk greie Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} grej c, {{sv-noun|c}} grej c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}}, {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|2=greje|3=grejo}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], grej [indefinite, nominative, singular], grejen [definite, nominative, singular], grejer [indefinite, nominative, plural], grejerna [definite, nominative, plural], grejs [genitive, indefinite, singular], grejens [definite, genitive, singular], grejers [genitive, indefinite, plural], grejernas [definite, genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], grej [indefinite, nominative, singular], grejen [definite, nominative, singular], grejor [indefinite, nominative, plural], grejorna [definite, nominative, plural], grejs [genitive, indefinite, singular], grejens [definite, genitive, singular], grejors [genitive, indefinite, plural], grejornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English) Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: sak
    Sense id: en-grej-sv-noun-yDwk9Hyy
  2. a thing (something that exists, as opposed to not) Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-grej-sv-noun-f5KAb1Gl Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 8 59 8 2 12 12
  3. thing (subjective liking) Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-grej-sv-noun-AdEQNWQf
  4. thing, deal (point) Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: sak
    Sense id: en-grej-sv-noun-ZKe1riKL
  5. thing, deal (appeal) Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-grej-sv-noun-Is3e5xWn
  6. thing (central (distinguishing) thing, in some context) Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-grej-sv-noun-mq6YVVYy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: grejsimojs

Inflected forms

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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Danish grej",
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      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål greie",
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      "form": "grej",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "nominative",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "grejors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "grejornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "greja"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "föremål"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "grunka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mackapär"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "manick"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mojäng"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pryl"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sak"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ting"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tingest"
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      "word": "tjofräs"
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        {
          "english": "Beer cans and washing machines are two examples of things",
          "text": "Ölburkar och tvättmaskiner är två exempel på grejer",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where do you want me to put the stuff?",
          "text": "Var vill du att jag lägger grejerna?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What is that red thing?",
          "text": "Vad är det där för röd grej?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They have a new thing they're working on",
          "text": "De har en ny grej på gång",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "A strange thing happened yesterday",
          "text": "Det hände en konstig grej igår",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "I didn't know it was a thing",
          "text": "Jag visste inte att det var en grej",
          "type": "example"
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        "a thing (something that exists, as opposed to not)"
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        {
          "english": "Atonal music is not my thing",
          "text": "Atonal musik är inte min grej",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "thing (subjective liking)"
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "Thing is [the thing is (that [thing]) that], we need to find customers. Otherwise we'll go bust.",
          "text": "Grejen är (den) att vi måste hitta kunder. Annars konkar vi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing, deal (point)"
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          "thing",
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          "english": "I don't understand what the deal is with his movies. Why are they so popular?",
          "text": "Jag fattar inte grejen med hans filmer. Varför är de så populära?",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "Atonal schlager was going to be our thing, but they stole our idea",
          "text": "Atonal schlager skulle bli vår grej, men de snodde vår idé",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ɡrɛj/"
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    {
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      "word": "föremål"
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      "word": "mackapär"
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    },
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    },
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          "english": "Beer cans and washing machines are two examples of things",
          "text": "Ölburkar och tvättmaskiner är två exempel på grejer",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Where do you want me to put the stuff?",
          "text": "Var vill du att jag lägger grejerna?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What is that red thing?",
          "text": "Vad är det där för röd grej?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They have a new thing they're working on",
          "text": "De har en ny grej på gång",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "A strange thing happened yesterday",
          "text": "Det hände en konstig grej igår",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)"
      ],
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          "thing"
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          "word": "sak"
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        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "I didn't know it was a thing",
          "text": "Jag visste inte att det var en grej",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a thing (something that exists, as opposed to not)"
      ],
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          "thing",
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        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Atonal music is not my thing",
          "text": "Atonal musik är inte min grej",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing (subjective liking)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Thing is [the thing is (that [thing]) that], we need to find customers. Otherwise we'll go bust.",
          "text": "Grejen är (den) att vi måste hitta kunder. Annars konkar vi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "thing, deal (point)"
      ],
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        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
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          "word": "sak"
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        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don't understand what the deal is with his movies. Why are they so popular?",
          "text": "Jag fattar inte grejen med hans filmer. Varför är de så populära?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing, deal (appeal)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "deal",
          "deal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Atonal schlager was going to be our thing, but they stole our idea",
          "text": "Atonal schlager skulle bli vår grej, men de snodde vår idé",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thing (central (distinguishing) thing, in some context)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡrɛj/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-grej.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/Sv-grej.ogg/Sv-grej.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Sv-grej.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grej"
}

Download raw JSONL data for grej meaning in Swedish (6.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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